Kate Bush Lyrics

Album: Unknown

The Empty Bullring Lyrics

Disappears through a window. 

Out of my mind 

Trying to keep him at home. 

Out into Rome 

In the early hours, 

Leaving me here 

Like Tamlaine in her Tower. 

You are going 

To the empty bullring, 

Taking your red cloak 

To regain something. 

Oh, you rolling matador, 

Kill in your eyes 

For the toro 

That shut the door 

To glory and gore. 

The throw of the rose-- 

It's all you lived for, 

But you've lost it all. 

Your red streak 

On the plot where many feet 

Left it incomplete. 

But you kept the meaning. 

You feel him charge again, 

And you feel him cut you down 

Right on the spot 

Where you thought 

You were ground for good. 

These flights of fantasy 

Make your wounds more sore, 

But you've every right 

To even grab at the last straw. 

Oh, Lord... 

Oh, you rolling matador, 

Kill in your eyes 

For the toro 

That shut the door 

To glory and gore. 

The throw of the rose-- 

It's all you lived for, 

But you've lost it all.